Police said the rampage began about 6pm local time on Saturday outside an apartment complex on the eastern edge of the Kalamazoo County, where a woman was left with serious injuries after being shot multiple times.

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Around four hours later and 15 miles away, a father and son were fatally shot while looking at vehicles at a car dealership.

Fifteen minutes after that, five people – including the 14-year-old girl – were gunned down in the car park of a Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Four of them died.

It’s reported that eight people were shot in total.

Dalton remains in police custody for questioning.

Kalamazoo, with a population of about 75,000, is a city about 160 miles west of Detroit.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the attack (Picture: Mark Bugnaski/Kalamazoo Gazette)

It is home to Western Michigan University and the headquarters of popular craft beer maker Bell’s Brewery.

The city also is known for the anonymously funded Kalamazoo Promise scheme, which has paid college tuition fees of students who graduate from Kalamazoo Public Schools for more than a decade.